Printer&#39;s lead and rule cutter.



No. 650,I93. Patented May 22, |900. H. B. HOUSE.

PBINTERS LEAD AND RULE GUT-TER.

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No. 650,|93. Patented May 22, |900.

H. B. HOUSE.

PRIVNTERS LEAD AND RULE CUTTER.

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H. B. Rouse.

PRINTERS LEAD AND RULE CUTTER.'

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i" NITED STATES PATENT OFEIc PRINTRS' LEAD AND RUL CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,193, dated May 22, 1900.

Application filed. Marh 23,1899. Serial Noi 710,173. (No model.) l

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY B. ROUSE, a citi- "zen of the United States, residing at Chicago,

rule cutters, and more particularly to an improved reversible gage having peculiarA advantageous features in connection with this class of machines.

The object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of the gage,v

and thereby increase the utility, accuracy, and range of the cutter, thus greatly conducing to the speed and convenience of manipulation.

To these ends the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the device,as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters marked thereon indicate the same parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a printers combination lead and rule cutter embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the center"of the bed or ta- Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the table and table-gage. Fig. 5 is a similar view `showing the table-gage reversed to cut leads or rules of a greaterlength than the tablebed. Fig. 6 shows the manner of mounting the gage-rod beneath the table-bed. Fig. 7 is another explanatory view of the same. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the gage-head shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the cutting end of the machine, showinga detachable wire bracket to support the projecting end of the lead or rule. Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view, partly in section, of` the standard and spring-actuated cutter-jaw. Fig. 12 is an enlarged detail section of the intermeshing teeth 14 and 15 on gagerod 12 and the'springactuated bolt 16.

A l denotes the bed-plate, formed with the integral legs 2 and '3 and the legestandard 4. The usual hand-lever 5 is fulcrumed on the upper end of the standard, and it is connect ed bythe link 6 with the spring-actuated cutter-jaw7, also fulcrumed on the standard below the hand-lever. The spring in the jaw7 encircles'the pivot-screw and is concealed in a pocket formed in the standard 4. The bedplate is provided with the longitudinal rib S and withV the parallel grooves 9 9, rone of which is formed on either side of the rib and extends the entire length of the bed. The top face of the rib is provided with a graduated scale denoting picas.

1 0 denotes the gage-head, which straddles the rib'and its sides are formed with parallel guide-flanges 11 11, which haveA a sliding engagement with the grooves 9 9, and consequently extend below the face of the table-bed.

12 denotes the gage-rod, fixed at one end to the head 10 and extending rearwardly through a guide-post 13, arising from the leg 2, and this rod is also provided with a graduated pica-scale, as shown, which forms a continuation on the rib-'scale above mentioned, so that when the gage-head 13 is reversed, as shown in Fig. 5, leads or rules of unusual length may be cut with the same facility as those more commonly required. The lower face of the gage-rod is provided with a series of graduated teeth 14, corresponding to the pica-scale on the rib 8, and the intervening spaces between these teeth are V-shaped to receive the. correspondingly-formed lockingteeth 15 on the spring-actuated bolt 16, ex-

tending upwardly through the post 13, and

its lower end carries a milled-head thumbwasher 17, which is held in place byanut 18. IThis washer 17 is fixed to the bolt 16, so as to move up and down with it, and 19 denotes a guide-pin fixed in the leg 2 parallel with the bolt 16 and extending downward through the washer to prevent the bolt turning axially,

'gage-rod, and thus insure their engagement inthe operation of altering theadjustmcnt IOO - 'itispbv-ious that any wear will onlytallow the of the gage. It will be understood that the washerl? has a threaded engagement with the bolt 16 and when adjusted to its proper position is looked in place by the jam-nut 18.

A similar gage-rod 12 is mounted inthe cut- Wardly and out of the Way, as shown in Figf 2; permitting the gage v2O to extend under the 'l `cutter-arms alrrdto come `up towithfin avery short ,distanceof the table. This hingedshelf Ais iheljd -i-n ra horizontal position by vfriction between Vthe parallel walls of the gage-,arm

shewnin gliig. 1. 1 V Y -k-InF- igsnQ and 10 I have dispensed with the l hinged shelf 21, and in lieu thereof I employ aehahle wire bracket 24, which has aL sli gengagement with the cutter and vwhich f .fermsa convenient support for the end ofthe lead or rule which extends overvthe cutting Q edgeof thebedor-t'able. In Figs. 7 and 8 the same principles of construction are involved,

thegga'ge-rod and locking-boltin this i-n stance gabeing'meunted beneath the table-bed, and ,to conform to this arrangement I have provided q the outer end of the gage-rod with a cross headvf22, 'in which are mounted the spring- 35 actuated plungers' 23 23, which projectinto. .th path-of and form the gages forthe leads illes, yrespectively,Yand in c uttin g very .i pieces these plungers will corne-under'- the cntter-ar-mwhich in descending retraots a y-emiyvithont interfering with their efliciencyl as gages.- This particular form of gage-rod ceci abe-easily, quickly, end accurately Set 1110 halfas 4:Welleas whole pica measure, (the print- ;ers standard' of measurement.) It is also .2lfl9sc l utely positive in engagement and -selfcentering aswell. The taperingteethon the fboltjand the corresponding notches kon the v gage-fred accurately compensate for wear, Aas

teeth-te mesh mere'decplrf y,Arretller important feature to which .attention-maybe called is'the flanges on the gage- .b lockflO, which project into the grooves v9 i9, l formed lin the table-bed, and thus extend bel lOW'fllllc face .of .the table and on which the lead-errule-to jbe cut is laid. Consequently l Vnelead-or rule however thin can slipunder the hecdfablecki' f hilel have shown and described the par- Jticu-larform of grooved table or VbedY and -angedgage as applied to-a lead and rule cntte ,LI 'donot wishto be understood as lim- A,gtgrlllyself to' such use, as `it is eviden-t that' eemesaglng device is applicable te ether :machines cf thieclees-ae, fer cxempzlefbreeerule-mitering machines and thejlike; neither do I Wish to limit myself to a notched rod, asl

a notched bar of a rectangular form and provided on one of its edges with the retainingnotches may be employed to accomplish the same result.

The accompanying drawings show my invention vin thebest form now known to me, but manycha-nges in. thedetails might be made within the skill of a good mechanic .without departing vfrom the spirit of my in-v vention as set forth in the claims at the end of this specilication.

Having thus fully described my invention, .what I claim as new and useful, and desire to .isecluirie by" Letters Patent 0f the United States, -1s

1. In a printers lead ,and rule cutter, the .bed-plate 1 formed Withthe integral lOllgitudinal rib 48 and parallel grooves 9.9, one on either side of said rib, in co'mbinatienwith l the sliding gage-head -10 adapted to-:stiraddle said rib, and formedwith the integral Yparallelguide-flanges 11 1l,\which have 2t-sliding engage-ment with said grooves 9 i9, tially -as shown and described.

A2. In a printers lead and rule ,cuttena grooved table, aflanged gage-block having a sliding engagement with said groovedtable, a notched rod carried bysaid gage-block, and meansV for loc-kingsaid-rod at predetermined points, substantially as .and for-the purpose set forth. Y jg 3. 111e prie-ters lead end, Y:rule cutter, e grooved table,a flanged gage-block,anetched substanjred carried by Seid bleek, and afefpringfectu- IOO `ated bolt, adaptedto engagesaid notched rod, l

`substantially as vand for the purpaoseset forth. 4. In a printers lead and rule cutter, ,ya grooved table, a lian ged gage-b'lock,a notched cred cerf-led byeeidbilcck, and efepringzactw rated locking-bolt, formed with teeth which are `adapted to engage `said notehed'rod, :to retain the same at certain predetermined points, substantially as andfor-the purpose ,set forth. v l

5. In a printers lead and rule cutter, an Yadj ustable gagehead,and a-fshelf,` hinged to saidhead, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth. Y -v A l 6. In a printerslead and rule cutterfanadf `justable -gage-head,and-a series cf springactuated plussers, carried byeid gegchead, substan tiallyas and for thepurposeset ferth.

7. In a printers lead and rule c;utter,a.ta v.ble,a gageblock,'havinga longitudinahslid ing engagement with saidta'ble, a VI lotchiad rodcarried by said gage-block, and means-for locking said notched rod and gage-block at predetermined points, substantially fas Vand for the purpose setforth. 8. In a printers lead andr-ulecutterfatable, a gage-head, having a longitudinal fslaidf ing engagement with said table, anotched rod carried by said gage-head,and-means-for securing said rod andgage-head in fanormal ,andin a reversed position with referencevto .saidcutten substantially as and-for the pur pose set forth.

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9. In a printers lead and rule cutter, a table, a stationary cutter-blade fixed to said table, a coacting cutter-blade lever pivoted to said table and formed with a gage-guide orifice and an intersecting locking-bolt oriice-a notched gage-rod and its head-and having a sliding engagement with said cutterblade lever, and a spring-actuatedlockingbolt mounted in said intersecting orifice and having its inner end formed with longitudinal teeth which are adapted to project into the path of the notched side of said gage-rod, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a printers lead and rule cutter, the combination With a notched rod, a cross-head with depressilole plun gers attached to one end of said rod, and means for locking said rod at predetermined points, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

l1. In a printers lead and rule cutter, a gage comprising a notched reversible gagerod and its head, the notches of which are formed with converging Walls, and a springactuated locking-bolt formed at its inner end with corresponding longitudinal teeth, the

lengths of which are less than the depth of said notches, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

12. In a printers lead and rule cutter, a stationary7 bed-plate, and a sliding gage-block, one of which is formed With a flange and the other with a groove to :receive said Iiange, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

13. In a printers lead and rule cutter, a table, a gage-block having a sliding engagement with said table, a rod carried by said block and formed with flaring notches and a spring-actuated locking-bolt, mounted in said table and having one end formed With correspondingly-shaped teeth to engage, but not bottom insaid notches, substantiallydas shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HARRY B. ROUSE.

Witnesses:

W. ARTHUR JONES, XVM. BUHLE. 

